shocking start to the game as he allowed City to dominate him.
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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Needs to be higher up the pitch to show a bit of quality in the final third.
Actual DM on alongside Feli.
Actual DM on alongside Feli.
Needs to play behind the striker.
I thought eh did well, it's not his fault that the donkeys ahead of him can't do anything right.
Wasted in that position he occupies currently. He's able to pick up the ball and actually beat two/three players on a run - pointless as a box to box or sitting midfielder.
Brilliant on the ball, just not on it enough, would be better in place of Rooney with another CM in behind.
He's been very bad today. I would expect a £89m player not to be one of the worst players on the pitch, but maybe it's just me.
Needs to impose himself on the game, wherever he's playing
He's been really really shit in the second half alright.
Not good enough, from a player that cost as much as him you would expect much more than this.
Same story really this half despite being more up the pitch.
He did fine in the first half. He looks exhausted, like half the team, now. Question marks over the teams fitness.
Is he playing?
You can see he has it, but why doesn't he just do something.
Our worst player on the pitch without a doubt
Nah, Miki and Lingard were worse first half.
Excellent on the ball at times - in fact he's unplayable in certain moments but so far he doesn't do enough with it. Needs to be more effective.
Lingard, Mkhitaryan, Blind were far worse.
A Euro-2016-performance: Invisible in the big matches. But he will improve, I am sure.
He was shite.
We know he's great with the ball at his feet, but that isn't enough. There's a couple of times he should have pulled the trigger and he had a tendency to slow the ball down.
We know he's great with the ball at his feet, but that isn't enough. There's a couple of times he should have pulled the trigger and he had a tendency to slow the ball down.
Was rather anonymous today. Was hoping he would control the midfield but he clearly failed to do that.
Nice touches here and there but really needs to stamp his mark on games sometimes..
Offered nothing other than awkwardly retaining the ball on 2 or 3 occasions. Atrocious performance.
He needs to control the game more. Showed glimpses of what he can do but we didn't get him on the ball enough. Room for improvement but the quality is there.
Obviously but Rooney plays there.
He isn't being utilized in a way to get the best out of him - saw the same thing in the Euros.
It seems daft to sign a player for such a huge amount and then play him in a way that doesn't get the absolute maximum out of him.
It seems daft to sign a player for such a huge amount and then play him in a way that doesn't get the absolute maximum out of him.
Was very very slow in his distribution. Didn't pass when he had some one to pass to, instead just tried to keep onto the ball and lost it.
He's never going to be a £100m player unless we play him in his best position
Game passed him by.
Horrific game. Don't really like people bringing up the price tag because its irrelevant, today he didn't even look like a £20m player
This isn't new Pogba more often than not plays in moments rather than across the 90 we knew what we were buying
I'm not surprised he was anonymous for the majority
I'm not surprised he was anonymous for the majority
Not fit at all, he can get away with it in Serie A, but he needs to improve his fitness quickly
Pogba was fecked in the second half because of the unnecessary chasing he had to do in the first. He's a luxury player, and that's exactly what we should have given him - luxury.
A player with his ability should be allowed to conserve more energy, allowing him to be more effective in the final third, i.e. Silva, De Bruyne.
A player with his ability should be allowed to conserve more energy, allowing him to be more effective in the final third, i.e. Silva, De Bruyne.
He was shocking. He either just isn't fully fit yet or hasn't acclimatised to the pace of the game. Our whole team looked fecked at the hour mark mind you.
Blind looked better in the second half and Mkhitaryan after his injury during the international break should have never started, it should have went to Rashford and Martial.
Some very harsh posts
This. People keep saying he is much better playing further forward and he could well be but there are plenty of players who are much better further forward. One of the expectations from a midfielder is to give some control to the team, find the right tempo but he hasn't shown that so far here.
Usual harsh posts after we lose. That said, he was a bit anonymous due to our first half tactics. Despite having grown up in the Prem, I feel he needs to readjust to the pace and energy.
He was invisible in many big games for Juve too. He plays in moments, that's just the kind of player he is. Mourinho wants him to be his Lampard and he was exactly the same. It's just unfortunate his moments in this case were two near-goals as opposed to two goals.
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